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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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